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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Relay Graduate School of Education to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

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